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Broward County judge again rules Florida’s gay marriage ban unconstitutional
A judge in Broward County, who in August declared Florida’s same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional, only to later vacate his order on a technicality, has again ruled against the ban.
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Ohio judge unintentionally approves same-sex couple’s divorce
ATHENS, Ohio — An Ohio judge said he was unaware that both parties in a divorce case were women when he signed a judgement last week granting their divorce. The Columbus Dispatch reports that Athens County Common Pleas Judge George McCarthy approved the divorce on Nov. 25, but said he was unaware the petitioners were of the same sex.
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Same-sex couple takes divorce case to Missouri Supreme Court
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — An attorney for a man seeking a divorce from his husband argued Wednesday before the Missouri Supreme Court that the state should dissolve the union, even though the state constitution doesn’t allow same-sex partners to wed.
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Florida AG Pam Bondi files opposition to same-sex couple’s divorce
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Attorney General Pam Bondi is opposing a bid by a gay South Florida woman to obtain a divorce from her former partner.
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Divorce laws make ‘uncoupling’ difficult for many in same-sex marriages
NEW YORK — Cori Jo Long, 31, and Brooke Powell, 30, did everything right before they married. They fell in love slowly, based on years of friendship stretching back to high school. They planned their nuptials carefully for about a year, choosing to travel from Texas to New Hampshire in 2010 as same-sex marriage spread. Sadly, bad times set in …
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Miss. governor intervenes in same-sex couple’s divorce case
JACKSON, Miss. — Gov. Phil Bryant is intervening in a case involving a Mississippi woman who wants the state to recognize her same-sex marriage in order to grant a divorce. Bryant, represented by Christian legal group Alliance Defending Freedom, is opposing the woman’s appeal to the Mississippi Supreme Court.
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Fla. Supreme Court won’t rule on same-sex marriage in gay divorce case
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Supreme Court won’t consider the constitutionality of the state’s same-sex marriage ban in order to settle a gay couple’s divorce case. The high court said Friday the 2nd District Court of Appeal first should rule on the case, in which a lesbian couple married in Massachusetts and is now seeking a divorce in Florida.
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Appeals court rules transgender man can continue pursuing divorce
PHOENIX — A transgender man in Arizona who gave birth to three children after beginning his transition from female to male can continue to pursue a divorce, a state appeals court said Wednesday, reversing a judge who refused to end the marriage. A three-judge panel of the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled that Thomas Beatie’s marriage to Nancy Beatie in Hawaii in …
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Tenn. judge upholds gay marriage ban in same-sex couple’s divorce case
KINGSTON, Tenn. — A Tennessee judge has ruled that two men who married in Iowa and later moved to Tennessee cannot be granted a divorce because the state doesn’t recognize same-sex marriage. In his ruling, Roane County, Tenn., Circuit Court Judge Russell E. Simmons Jr., upheld Tennessee’s ban on same-sex marriage and said state laws now in effect …
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Kan. county granting divorces to same-sex couples married in other states
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Same-sex couples who marry in other states won’t find many places in Kansas to divorce if the relationship fails. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Douglas County is currently the only county in Kansas that has issued divorces for same-sex couples.